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The Strange Intimacy of Unregulated Sperm Donations

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With Spermworld Lance Oppenheim deconstructs the subculture of unregulated sperm donations to reveal how they reflect universal experiences.

https://hyperallergic.com/909271/the-strange-intimacy-of-unregulated-sperm-donations-lance-oppenheim-spermworld/

Israel Strike on Gaza Church Was a War Crime, Says Human Rights Group

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A new filing asks the International Criminal Court to investigate the destruction of the Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church last fall.

https://hyperallergic.com/908425/israel-strike-on-gaza-church-was-a-war-crime-says-human-rights-group/

Inside the Vatican’s Uncanny Venice Biennale Pavilion

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Con i miei occhi (With my eyes), staged in a women’s prison, preaches visibility but operates on secrecy.

https://hyperallergic.com/907669/inside-the-vatican-uncanny-2024-venice-biennale-pavilion/

Faith Ringgold Paved the Way

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The late artist fiercely reckoned with the status quo, leaving the art world better than she found it through a rich legacy of Black feminist activism and artmaking.

https://hyperallergic.com/907730/faith-ringgold-paved-the-way/

Hundreds Take to City College in Art-Filled Gaza Solidarity Encampment

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Multicolored tents, protest art, and an enormous display of hand-painted canvas banners express CUNY student and faculty support for Palestine.

https://hyperallergic.com/907774/hundreds-take-to-city-college-in-art-filled-gaza-solidarity-encampment/

NYC’s Longest-Running Photo Fair Is Back, and Packs a Punch

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Even the world's most proliferated images appear novel when they're blown up on glossy paper at the Photography Show presented by AIPAD.

https://hyperallergic.com/907681/nycs-longest-running-photo-fair-is-back-and-packs-a-punch/

At Age 78, Actor John Lithgow Goes Back to Art School

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Art Happens Here With John Lithgow, a one-hour PBS special premiering tonight, follows the thespian as he explores various creative forms at four LA art centers.

https://hyperallergic.com/907590/at-age-78-actor-john-lithgow-goes-back-to-art-school-pbs/

Required Reading

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This week, a new film on Amílcar Cabral, protecting Odesa’s historical buildings, rumors of the first US bullet train, pranking Google Maps, and much more.

https://hyperallergic.com/907363/required-reading-678/

When Keith Haring Painted a Mural for an Iowa Elementary School

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Kids and parents were "captivated" by the artist's visit. Now, his mural for the public school's library will go on display for the first time.

https://hyperallergic.com/907233/when-keith-haring-painted-a-mural-for-an-iowa-elementary-school/

Nadya Tolonnikova Headlines American Folk Art Museum Benefit Event

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Recent artworks by the co-founder of Pussy Riot will be featured in a pop-up exhibition, along with an artist Q&A and performance, on May 16 in NYC.

https://hyperallergic.com/906118/nadya-tolonnikova-headlines-american-folk-art-museum-benefit-event-2024/

Art Takes Center Stage at Growing Student Protests for Palestine

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Visual arts faculty, alumni, and staff are standing in solidarity with students as “art corners” and other creative initiatives dominate the encampments.

https://hyperallergic.com/906834/art-takes-center-stage-at-growing-student-protests-for-palestine/

Nigeria’s Youth Fight for a Better Future

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Alain Kassanda’s Coconut Head Generation is a testament to how young people find themselves through each other no matter the place, times, or means.

https://hyperallergic.com/906640/nigeria-youth-fight-for-a-better-future-coconut-head-generation/

RISD’s Advanced Program Online Now Enrolling for Summer 2024

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Explore Rhode Island School of Design’s online intensives for high school students interested in pursuing art and design in college.

https://hyperallergic.com/905051/risd-advanced-program-online-enrolling-summer-2024/

Arshile Gorky’s Gaze

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Across the street from the painter's former studio in Manhattan's Union Square, 20 trees had been planted to honor the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide.

https://hyperallergic.com/905766/arshile-gorky-gaze/

Leonora Carrington Masterpiece Could Fetch Over $12M at Auction

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The dreamlike work blends references to Hieronymus Bosch, Irish mythology, the kabbalah, and Mexican Indigenous cosmologies.

https://hyperallergic.com/906126/leonora-carrington-masterpiece-could-fetch-over-12-million-at-auction/

MassArt’s 2024 MFA Thesis Exhibition Opens in Boston’s SoWa Arts District

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Graduates of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design showcase their thesis work on campus and at the MassArt x SoWa Gallery, with public artist talks and screening on May 10.

https://hyperallergic.com/905668/massarts-2024-mfa-thesis-exhibition-opens-in-bostons-sowa-arts-district/

Caravaggio Made Darkness Visible

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In his violent, carnal visions, sparks of divinity may glow even from within the blackest confines of our fallen reality.

https://hyperallergic.com/905573/caravaggio-made-darkness-visible/

Willem de Kooning’s Italy

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Paintings from the late 1950s and on prove that de Kooning had sat at the feet of, and learnt much from, such old Italian masters as Titian and Tintoretto.

https://hyperallergic.com/905023/willem-de-kooning-italy/

Scratching Beneath the Surface of Identity-Based Group Shows

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While Asian-American Art may be "plagued by generational amnesia," as Sharon Mizota wrote for Hyperallergic, the artists and curators of  Scratching at the Moon are definitely not.

https://hyperallergic.com/904894/scratching-beneath-the-surface-of-identity-based-group-shows/

Scratching Beneath the Surface of Identity-Based Group Shows

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While Asian-American Art may be "plagued by generational amnesia," as Sharon Mizota wrote for Hyperallergic, the artists and curators of  Scratching at the Moon are definitely not.

https://hyperallergic.com/904894/scratching-beneath-the-surface-of-identity-based-group-shows/